Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009

Variable Details

Variablequlhi9
LabelWhat (highest) qual curr. study towards
Responses
1 Deg lev inc found deg, PGCE or prof memb 3574
2 Diploma in higher educ 199
3 HNC or HND 176
4 ONC or OND 30
5 BTEC, EdExcel, LQL 441
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 5
7 Teaching qualification (exc PGCE) 84
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 142
9 Other high educ qualif below deg lev 111
10 A-level/Vocat'l A level or equiv 1217
11 New Diploma 19
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 2
13 International Baccalaureate 17
14 NVQ or SVQ 1774
15 GNVQ or GSVQ 33
16 AS-level/Vocat'l AS level or equiv 298
17 CSYS or equiv 3
18 Access to HE 40
20 Standard Grade (Scotland) 12
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 745
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 153
24 RSA/OCR 26
25 City & Guilds 245
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 12
28 Basic Skills (skills for life/literacy/n 242
29 Entry Level Qualifs 56
30 Other prof, voc, foreign qualification 2151
-9 Does not apply 108175
-8 No answer 94
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.